[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 177 (Thursday, September 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 51660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19966]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern 
New Mexico

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open virtual meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an online virtual combined meeting of 
the Consent Order Committee and Risk Evaluation and Management 
Committee of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board 
(EM SSAB), Northern New Mexico. The Federal Advisory Committee Act 
requires that public notice of this online virtual meeting be announced 
in the Federal Register.

DATES: Wednesday, October 13, 2021; 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held virtually via WebEx. To attend, 
please contact Menice Santistevan by email, 
[email protected], no later than 5:00 p.m. MT on Friday, 
October 8, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Menice Santistevan, Northern New 
Mexico Citizens' Advisory Board (NNMCAB), 94 Cities of Gold Road, Santa 
Fe, NM 87506. Phone (505) 699-0631 or Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make 
recommendations to DOE-EM and site management in the areas of 
environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities.
    Purpose of the Consent Order Committee (COC): It is the mission of 
the COC to review the Consent Order, evaluate its strengths and 
weaknesses, and make recommendation as to how to improve the Consent 
Order. It is also within the mission of this committee to review and 
ensure implementation of NNMCAB Recommendation 2019-02, Improving the 
Utility of the Consent Order with Supplementary Information. The COC 
will work with the NNMCAB Risk Evaluation and Management Committee to 
review the risk-based approaches used to determine the prioritization 
of cleanup actions, as well as the ``relative risk ranking'' of the 
campaigns, targets, and milestones by the NNMCAB, to be recommended for 
use by the DOE EM Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) both within and 
outside of those activities covered by the Consent Order.
    Purpose of the Risk Evaluation and Management Committee (REMC): The 
REMC provides external citizen-based oversight and recommendations to 
the DOE EM-LA on human and ecological health risk resulting from 
historical, current, and future hazardous and radioactive legacy waste 
operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The REMC will, to 
the extent feasible, stay informed of DOE EM-LA and LANL's 
environmental restoration and long-term environmental stewardship 
programs and plans. The REMC will also work with the NNMCAB COC to 
provide DOE EM-LA and LANL with the public's desires in determining 
cleanup priorities. The REMC will prepare recommendations that 
represent to the best of committee's knowledge and ability to 
determine, the public's position on human and ecological health risk 
issues pertaining to direct radiation or contaminant exposure to soils, 
air, surface and groundwater quality, or the agricultural and 
ecological environment.
    Tentative Agenda:

 Approval of Agenda
 Old Business
 New Business
 Overview of Environmental Justice 40 (EJ40)
 Public Comment Period
 Use Attainability Analysis--Aquatic Life Use Designation for 
Upper Sandia Canyon Perennial Reach
 Update from Deputy Designated Federal Officer

    Public Participation: The online virtual meeting is open to the 
public. To sign up for public comment, please contact Menice 
Santistevan by email, [email protected], no later than 5:00 
p.m. MT on Friday, October 8, 2021. Written statements may be filed 
with the Committees either before or within five days after the meeting 
by sending them to Menice Santistevan at the aforementioned email 
address. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct 
the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of 
business. Individuals wishing to make public comments will be provided 
a maximum of five minutes to present their comments.
    Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Menice 
Santistevan at the address or telephone number listed above. Minutes 
and other Board documents are on the internet at: http://energy.gov/em/nnmcab/meeting-materials.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on September 10, 2021.
LaTanya Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-19966 Filed 9-15-21; 8:45 am]
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